INDIAN ARMY.
KTJMOTJKS OF REDUCTION,
By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyrfehi
London, June 24. t Tho "Pall Mall Gazette" states that the result of Field-Marshal Sir William Nicholson's commission to India will be a substantial re verso 1 of Lord Kitchener's policy. The British garrison will be greatly reduced. < Thero is much military disapproval at the Government's refusal to allow Sir William Nicholson's report to be laid before Parliament.
Sir William Nicholson was appointed last year to preside over a committee which was to deal with the following matters:—(l) To carry out a comprehensive survey of the various circumstances requiring the use of a ' military force w.hich may arise out of the external and internal situation in India under the conditions which now exist, or may probably arise during the next few years. (2) To consider and report on the number and constitution of the armed force which should be maintained in India to "meet those obligations. (3) To consider and report whether any, and if so, what measures for the reduction ol military expenditure ore compatible with tho efficient maintenance of that force.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1476, 26 June 1912, Page 5
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181INDIAN ARMY. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1476, 26 June 1912, Page 5
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